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The campaign culminated in a late night drive to a secluded area of Epping Forest on December 16, 2009, where he was accused of making ‘sexual advances’ in the back of his car.

Before the trip, he said: ‘Wanna see you ... I wanna be close to you,’ before adding that they must meet out of their neighbourhoods so no one recognised them.

Sacked: Met Police officer Robert Nicholson exchanged hundreds of messages with the vulnerable girl before meeting up with her

But afterwards he sent her a Facebook
message saying he was ‘sorry if I disappointed you tonight’ and that ‘I
guess sexually we are very very different. Hope that it don’t put u
off.’

Deborah Glass, of the Independent
Police Complaints Commission, said: ‘We expect the police to protect us
and our families, yet Nicholson’s actions were, from the outset, a
disgraceful abuse of his position. He exploited his position as a police
officer to pursue her sexually.’

Last November Nicholson went on trial
at Southwark Crown Court accused of two counts of sexual activity with
the 14-year-old but was found not guilty.

A jury heard that when he was
arrested he admitted kissing the girl on the lips but insisted he
thought she was 16 and that he had done nothing wrong.

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PC Robert Nicholson sacked after 'inappropriate relationship' with girl, 14